Artists

Sculptor Lance Carleton and wife Kay (Everett, WA) CALL FOR FALL 2008 ENTRIES CLOSED

More than 400 fine artists and crafts persons display and sell their original work amid a street festival atmosphere throughout Tempe’s Mill Avenue District. A beloved, award-winning tradition, the event is the largest festival of its kind in the state of Arizona, hosting as many as 250,000 festival visitors.

In 2006, Sunshine Artists Magazine (the leading publication for festival artists) ranked the Tempe Festivals of the Arts in the Top 60 fine art and fine craft festivals nationwide, based on artists’ surveys of excellence!

Coming from throughout the country---and around the world---Festival artists’ original works cover the gamut of creative visual categories including painting, sculpture, photography, jewelry, ceramics, folk craft, glass, leather, metalwork, wearable art, woodwork, mixed media (2 and 3 dimensional).

The festival features only original art, and our artists are all present on-site to greet festival attendees. Works of art range from collector masterpieces to affordable art and craft for enthusiasts on small budgets.

Qualifications
Spring Artists
Fall Artists
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Artist Advisory Committee

Committee Purpose:

Sounding Board for creation and changes in event policy as it pertains to artists
Assistance with Category definition for application process
Provide on-site buy/sell knowledge

Artist Advisory Committee
CLAY
Jim Williams/Penny Allen Husband & wife team that has created wheel-thrown slab-rolled, and hand modeled stoneware pieces for the past 28 years.	Booth# 1219
Jeff Kuhns Stoneware clay artist that prefers working with large and massive forms. Fifty percent of his work is functional and fifty percent of his work is sculptural pottery. Jeff has been an artist for 26 years.	Booth# 1001
Mark Cortright Thirty-four year veteran in creating high-fired porcelain that is brightly glazed and made on a potter's wheel.	Booth# 1121-1123
COTTAGE CRAFTS
Terry Stolz Handmade Soaps	Booth # 6201-6203
Peggy Armstrong Lavender products	Booth # 6205
COTTAGE EDIBLES
Beth GoForth Dips and Soups	Booth # 6239-6241
GLASS
Scott Hartley Hand-blown art glass created using brute strength, precise marks, and Venetian techniques.	Booth# 1239
Suzanne Spalding Fuesable glasses and frits, cut, arranged, and then fused, with a second firing over a form that creates the shape.	Booth# 7001
Leonard Tinnell 18 years Emphasis on the intentional manipulation of glass qualities to create plates, bowls, sculpture, wall pieces, hanging panels, lighting, and jewelry	Booth# 1107
FINE JEWELRY
Brian Punches Creates jewelry that is graceful and inviting though wax casting with platinum, yellow and white gold. The precious stones are installed by hand and carefully selected	Booth# 5002-5004
Judy Lazar 50 years 14K, 18K, platinum used with precious and semi-precious gems. Judy uses a fabrication and/or wax casting method.	Booth# 1111
GLASS JEWELRY
Holly Sokol 20 years Kiln fired glass that is layered, multi-fired, cold worked, and completely original!	Booth# 6001
LEATHER
Pietra Wall 20 years Creates unique designs with leather, exotic woods, semi-precious stones, and antique metals to create unique designs.	Booth# 5001
METAL
Anthony Hansen 10 years Metal artist that primarily works with automotive sheet metal, using every scratch and patch of ruse to create visual interest	Booth# 1232-1230
Adam Homan 5 years One-of-a-kind sculptures that are hand forged and welded steel and feature solar-powered lights	Booth# 1149
MIXED MEDIA 2D
Linda Pirri Original hand-painted silk, created with French DuPOnt dyes and resists, stretched, & framed	Booth# 1117-1119
Nelson De La Nuez 20 years Hand painted mixed media on canvas, using acrylics, watercolors, inks, & original collage/photos	Booth# 1301-1303
MIXED MEDA 3D
Kari Von Wening Uses scrap metal to create sculptures and metal paintings	Booth# 1234-1236
OTHER
Linda Rothschiller 21 years Weaves ornamental wheat to create designs that reflect spiritual and cultural influences	Booth#
PAINTING OIL/ACRYLIC
Ora Tamir 42 years Creates symbolic images on panel using an old masters technique with oil paints and sable brushes	Booth# 1216-1218
WATER PAINTING
Tai To Poon 45 years as an artist. Watercolor on silk fabrice that derives from the practice of Chinese caligraphy and employs Sumi	Booth# 1133
PHOTOGRAPHY
John Gavrilis 30 years as an artist Large format "Fuji Crystal Archive" photographs using traditional printing (No ink-jet).	Booth# 6002-6004
SCULPTURE
John Wayne Jackson 18 years as an artist Using real leaves, John sculpts contemporary fossils from a proprietary stone-like medium.	Booth#
WEARABLE ART
Jane Mohr 20 years as an artist Creates own patterns and uses novelty imported textiles to create art to wear	Booth# 5529
Jeff Seemayer 20 years as an artist Hand dyes and made clothing using many techniques, such as batik, block print, serigraphy, and painting	Booth# 1101
Jaqueline Ryan 23 years as an artist Handmade hats using original designs and concepts. Blocked, draped, cut, sewn, and trimmed in artist's studio.	Booth# 1402
WOOD
Richard Vest 28 years as an artist Original hand-carved wood sea/animal wildlife sculpted from original drawings by the artist	Booth# 1203-1205
Bruce Stamp 35 years as an artist One-of-a-kind wood sculptures of birds and sea life	Booth# 5003
PREVIOUS FEATURED ARTISTS
Chelsea Stone	Booth # 1261
Marna Schindler	Booth# 1201
Michael Ezzell	Booth# 1228
Andrew Carson	Featured Artist